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National Waffle Day is Sunday, Aug. 24. We know that at The DP List because we like waffles. What we didn't know was just how many types of waffles there are and the history of them. According to "Antique Electric Waffle Irons 1900-1960: A History of the Appliance Industry," waffles were first sold on the street in 1603, "but the treat first came to America with Dutch immigrants to New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in the 17th century." It wasn't until the late 19th century that home stove tops became common, and stove-top waffle irons became available, writes Chris Schonberger in "A History of Waffles in America." The first patent for one was...

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National Waffle Day is Sunday, Aug. 24. We know that at The DP List because we like waffles. What we didn't know was just how many types of waffles there are and the history of them.
According to "Antique Electric Waffle Irons 1900-1960: A History...

Scrambling to shrink their carbon footprints, federal agencies in Hampton Roads and beyond are eyeing a proven yet controversial source of energy: nuclear power.
But they’re not pursuing large-scale power plants that tend to evoke the accidents at...

NEWPORT NEWS — Before new jet- engine technologies appear in commercial and military aircraft, many of them pass through the oddly shaped laboratories and test facilities at Triumph Aerospace Systems in Newport News.
The same goes for parts on aircraft...

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If we knew what the next big thing was, we'd all make a fortune, right? Maybe the next-best thing for investors is to seek out the innovators. These are the companies that dream up the new things -- or new ways to make them...

Cable and entertainment giant Comcast Corp. likes to keep things on an even keel.
Comcast Chief Executive Brian L. Roberts received a compensation package valued at $31.4 million last year, up 8% from 2012, according to a company filing Friday with...

At a recent conference at George Washington University on financial literacy among teens, one student at GW, Andrew Bent, gave full credit to his grandmother for piquing his interest in finance when she bought him 100 shares of General Electric stock.
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"IF it can't be good, I'm not going to make it!" said Oscar-winning producer Wendy Finerman to me last week, while we were doing a lunch catch-up.
We were running down Oscar lane because Wendy's "Forrest Gump," 20 years ago, caused...

Kor Ecologic Inc. founder Jim Kor has been described as a shaggy introvert and hermit. Yet this engineer is out to change the world with the Urbee, a unique hybrid vehicle that dares to be plastic, can zip across the country on 10 gallons of fuel and is...

Comcast Corp. has increased the salary of NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke and extended his tenure through August 2018.
The Philadelphia-based cable TV giant on Friday said it has extended Burke's employment contract for five years and...

In a dramatic shake-up that took Hollywood by surprise, NBCUniversal has shuffled its executive ranks by forcing out film Chairman Adam Fogelson and shifting Universal Studios President Ron Meyer — the industry's longest-serving studio chief — to an...

Rick Cotton, one of the most senior executives at NBCUniversal, is stepping down as executive vice president and general counsel of the entertainment giant after almost 25 years in the position.
Considered one of the entertainment industry's top legal...

More than five decades ago, Arthur Rankin Jr., a producer-director working in stop-motion animation, had an idea to develop a family-oriented TV special around a popular Christmas song. He hoped a network would like it enough to run it two or three times....

Saturday sunrise in Japan illuminated harrowing scenes of destruction across the island nation rattled by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history, with huge coastal swaths under water from tsunami waves and plumes of black smoke filling the skies...

An explosion overnight destroyed the building housing one of the nuclear reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 facility about 160 miles north of Tokyo, where authorities have been struggling to bring the reactor under control following...

A home in Pacific Palisades that once belonged to President Reagan has sold for $5.211 million. The mid-century-style house had been listed two months ago at $4.999 million. That’s a 4% presidential premium.
Set on close to two-thirds of an acre in the...

— When Greg Schmidt was shopping for a bathroom vanity, paying full price never was an option. When he found one he liked on clearance, its price slashed more than 30 percent, Schmidt knew it was time to find a manager of the Lowe's store.
Marked-down...

There was a time when BlackBerrys grew wild.
They were everywhere: boardrooms, restaurants and kitchen tables. The dark little devices would vibrate every time a new e-mail arrived, delivering a tiny thrill that millions of employees came to both...

It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit's most famous inventions, in 1714. But after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer now appears headed for extinction.
While many Maryland residents probably still have them in their...

Your smart phone is now a doctor's office. And before long, you may be checking your blood pressure, heart rate and throat at home while a physician watches online.
Last month, a Boca Raton, Florida, company launched a service that lets you consult...

Lighting is changing fast. Incandescents as we know them are on the way out.
It may be confusing for a while. But in the end, your wallet will thank you. And so will the planet.
Walk down today's lighting aisle, and it's intimidating.
Incandescents....